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12/13/2012

Golden Globe Nominations

Meryl Streep earns her 27th Golden Globe nom for Hope Springs

The Oscar race is heating up! Things are getting
very exciting, and every bit as frustrating. The Golden Globes announced their
nominees this morning and started things with a big tease by acknowledging
Dario Marianelli’s excellent score for Anna
Karenina. “Huzzah!” I thought, “Keira Knightley made it in.” Then the
nominations got to the major categories and Knightley was snubbed for… Helen
Mirren. #Yawn. There were some pleasant surprises, though, like nominations
Richard Gere in Arbitrage and for
Nicole Kidman in The Paperboy, which
redeems the SAG and should silence the naysayers. It’s a great performance and
Kidman should win when the trophies are handed out. (But I’ll be every bit as
happy if the prize goes to Helen Hunt.) Other goodies are a 27th
nomination for the great Meryl Streep in Hope
Springs. Hope Springs was
surprisingly snubbed for lesser fluff like Salmon
Fishing in the Yemen. Also showing up was SAG nominee Marion Cotillard, who
I guess is now my Best Actress hopeful now that Knightley’s great work is going
unrewarded. Lincoln leads the
nominations with 7, for Picture, director, actor, supporting actor, supporting
actress, screenplay and score. Following Lincoln are Argo and Django Unchained with five, and Silver
Linings Playbook and Les Mis tied
in the Comedy/Musical category with four apiece.